5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference - Call for papers

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) are inviting submissions for their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance.

Topics

The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics who will present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks. 

We welcome both empirical and theoretical contributions on monetary policy, international economics, macro-finance and financial intermediation topics including, but not limited to:

• Artificial intelligence and policy making
• Banks, non-banks and monetary policy transmission
• Macroprudential policy, banking regulation and the macroeconomy
• Climate change effects on macroeconomic and financial stability
• Global trade, exchange rate and capital flows
• Inflation drivers and dynamics
• Fiscal and monetary policy in volatile times
• Macroeconomic effects of heterogeneity
• Macroeconomic and financial implications of geopolitics
• Monetary policy transmission, financial frictions and macroeconomic implications
• Monetary policy in changing times

The conference will foster interactions between junior and senior economists across academia and policy institutions.

PhD student poster session

We invite submissions from PhD students in their last year of PhD, interested in engaging with the women in economics network, to present in a poster session. Students who plan to be on the market this coming fall are particularly encouraged to submit.

For those submitting to the PhD Poster Session, please provide the contact details of your PhD supervisor as well as information on the status and stage of your PhD.

Policy panel

The programme will include a policy panel on "How to revive the European economy and unlock its potential?". 

Please note submissions are limited to one paper per person.

To apply please complete the application form.

The deadline for replies is 19:00 CET on Monday, 31 March 2025.

If you have any difficulties submitting a paper, please contact Despoina Chatzilari in the CEPR Events team, at dchatzilari@cepr.org with the subject line “WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance”.

Notification of acceptance is expected in early May.

Organisational information

Registration

If you are interested in attending the conference as a general (non-presenting) attendee, please email we_are_in_conference@ecb.europa.eu. 

Participation to the conference is encouraged, irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or other characteristics.

We welcome those who would like to apply as discussants even if they do not have a paper to submit.

Venue

The conference is scheduled to take place in person in Frankfurt, Germany, provided there are no travel restrictions in place, and it is safe to travel. 

Travel & Accommodation

Travel funding will be available for Academics and PhD students traveling to Frankfurt from both within and outside Europe and in accordance to the CEPR travel guidelines.

Accommodation funding is available for academics and PhD students. Rooms will be booked by the organisers. 

Conference organisers

• Fiorella De Fiore, Bank for International Settlements and CEPR
• Agnese Leonello, European Central Bank and CEPR
• Caterina Mendicino, European Central Bank
• Hélène Rey, London Business School and CEPR
• Carolina Villegas Sanchez, European Central Bank and Esade

Programme committee

• Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and CEPR
• Kenza Benhima, University of Lausanne and CEPR
• Diana Bonfim, Banco de Portugal, Católica Lisbon and CEPR
• Laura Bottazzi, Bologna University, Bocconi University, CEPR and IGIER
• Nina Boyarchenko, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Cristina Cella, Sveriges Riksbank
• Daria Finocchiaro, Sveriges Riksbank and CEPR
• Claudia Foronim, European Central Bank
• Vasso Ioannidou, Bayes Business School
• Hyeyoon Jung, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Luciana Juvenal, International Monetary Fund
• Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Maryland and CEPR
• Isabelle Mejean, Sciences Po and CEPR
• Camelia Minoiu, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Silvia Miranda-Agrippino, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and CEPR
• Tsvetelina Nenova, Bank for International Settlements
• Huyen Nguyen, Halle Institute for Economic Research and Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• Evi Pappa, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR
• Diane Pierret, University of Luxembourg and CEPR
• Larissa Schäfer, Frankfurt School of Finance and CEPR
• Veronika Selezneva, Paris Dauphine University
• Vania Stavrakeva, London Business School and CEPR
• Andrea Sy, Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
• Victoria Vanasco, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), BSE and CEPR